The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-03-13

poor woman no more, he, in pure absent
mindedness, lifted to his lips and uncon-
sciousy drank. AS he put down the empty
fagon he caught sight of the new moon
through the window. and as his gaze was
returning to the fire it rested for a moment
on TIE patient, pallid faced girl.
She was undoubtedly i'll and he sympa-
thized with her She was pretty and he
admired her. Bnt the low type of face,
with the narrow, sloping forehead, the fur
tive eyes and the weak willed mouth and
chin, told her character SO Enthusiastically
that an idea suggested itself to him which
he welcomed with delight. A fig for his
resolves! Here was way out of his diff
cRlties
ssWhat is the time of your daughters at
tack?9
ssThe fit will come to her at IL"
81 will cure her!"
81 have studied with the wisest where
wisdom dwells. Let your daughter do as I
direct and the ague will depart from her.
.sArt thou willing, JESSE" asked the
mother
The girl turned her head, but the strang-
er's eyes were on her. and she whispered
sYes"
"Then will come back in brief space. /
90 to seek some potent herbs under the rays
of the young moon
The student went out laughing to him
self at his new device and thinking over the
part he was to play. He walked down the
garden, jumped the paihngs, crossed the
meadow and followed for time the bank
of the stream, whose ripples cleaned with
the silver sprinkles from the moon.
A leaf of herb-robert he took, then sprig
of dogs mercury, then a small coltsfoot and
Jack sauee-by-the-hedge then some scor-
pion grass. then a four-leaved paris and a
twig of broom. Then he returned to the
kitchen Choking unutterable things" and
and laid his leaves on the table. the colts
foot at one end, the herb robert at the
other, the scorpion grass and dog mercury
in the middle, with the broom next to the
paris. Then he put the leaves in a cup and
rubbed them together for time, whisper
ing tohimself SO as to be heard by the in
valid.
aEta, zeta, theta, phi; kappa, delta. lamb
da, sigma, Stamina, beta, mu; alpha, tau,
epsilon, nu; psi, chi, upsilon, rho; kyklopo-
deia may the ague go!''
Then he opened the window that the
moon might Shine in the cup, and he took
out some of the leaves and rolled them in
q strip of parchment about the size OF
cigarette paper, which he cut from his
pocketbook. Then he tied the roll with
silken string and sealed it, but he did net
use his own seal. for he pressed on the
wax leaf of scorpion grass which he had
accidentally dropped on the hoor.
ssA piece of ribbon" he said to the host
ess, the first words he had addressed to
her since he entered with the leaves, "and
pen and ink, and while she was gone he
emptied the cup on the fire.
To each end Of this tiny cylinder he tied
a piece of ribbon, and with the pen and
ink he scrawled on the parchment the
Greek letters in his remarkable charm, re-
peating the words as he did so.
CHOW give me thy wrist, he said to the
girl; and as he knotted the ribbon his eyes
searched into hers and seemed to look
through them down every nerve in her
body,
Swear that he said, as he finished the
knot, land the sickness will never return
to you. Rest and fear not. Farewell till
the dawn"
And in great grandeur he stalked off to
bel. A thing is not worth doing at all if
it is not worth doing well, and this our
student knew. To stayed and watched for
tie result of this audaclous piece of foolery
wo7ld have bsen too severe trial for him.
So he went to bed and laughed; and then
someAsw the laughter thinned away. And
he was Just beginning to reproach himself
when he dropped off to sleep.
In the morning there came knocking at
his door.
sWho's there?"
"It's long past dawn" said the hostess.
sWhat do you want?"
ssMy daughter had never fit last night. !"
"Nor will she have again. lis well, ;"
said the stranger, as impressively as he
could manage.
When he came down he found the break
fast ready.
az desire no BREAKFAST he said, " can
not pay you"
"Pay me +" said the hostess. Z" You
have given me my daughters life. and it is
I should pay you. You are welcome to all
you have had and all you can take now"
The charm had had its effect. The girls
nervous nature had yielded to the mans
feated. And, what is more, the sickness
did not return to Ter.
The student miracle worker therefore
finished his breakfast, and with profuse
thanks from the mother and child, rode
away. He never saw the widow again.
But from the moment he caught the last
glimpse of her out IN the road at the end
Of the avenue of elms, whose limpy, hang
ing leaves were trembling to fall, he dated
new life. He returned to college to work.
In February, 1868, he was called to the
bar, and rose quickly into notice as first
rate lawyer and successful advocate. He
became recorder of London, to be removed
from his Office by James III for his oppo-
sition to the court measures, and when
William III sought the tittest man to pu-
rify the bench and make the law respected,
he chose for the lord chief justicekhip of
England the cursr of the landlady's daugh-
ter, Sir John Holt.
How he fulfilled his duties during the
twenty-one years he held his position we
can leave to Macaulay and the other histor-
ians to tell. He stood up for the law
Il. IL. - L